BDB2867
חַמּוֺן proper name [of a location] (hot spring ?) —
1. town in Asher Josh 19:28.
2. in Naphtali 1Chr 6:61 (perhaps = 1. חַמַּת, חַמַּת דּאֹר, see
Be and Di
Josh 19:35).
Strong's Lexicon
H2540
H2540 — חַמּוֹן
Hebrew / Aramaic entry for Bible study and original-language reference.
Definition / Gloss
| Strong's Number: | H2540 |
|---|---|
| Word: | חַמּוֹן |
| Part of Speech: | Name/l. |
| Etymology: | from H2552 |
| Language: | Hebrew |
| Occurrences: | 2 |
| Transliteration: | Chammown |
| Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation: | kham-mone' |
| Meaning: | 1. warm spring 2. Chammon, the name of two places in Israel |
| KJV Renderings: | Hammon. |
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Brown-Driver-Briggs Enhanced
BDB2868
I. חַמַּת proper name [of a location] (hot spring) — town in Naphtali Josh 19:35 (perhaps = חַמּוֺן 2 see Di); ᵐ5 Ωμαθαδακεθ (= חַמַּת רַקַּת), A Αμαθ, ᵐ5 L Αμμαθ; JosAnt. «JOSEPHUS:Antiquities 18:2»xviii, 2. 3 Αμμαθους (ed. Niese), compare Id.BJ. «JOSEPHUS:Wars of the Jews 4:1»iv, 1.3 GutheZPV 1891, xiii, 284; probably = Talmud „amata NbrGéogr. du Talm. 207 (with hot springs), 35 minutes south of Tiberias, see RobBR ii, 385 BuhlZPV xiii, 1890, 39 f. Guthel. with GASmGeogr, 450 (FurrerZPV ii, 1878, 55; xiii, 1890, 194 ff. and others say north of Tiberias); see חַמֹּת דּאֹר, חַמּוֺן below & above